Get fee sheets or loan estimates from whichever 2-3 lenders you're considering and make an apples to apples comparison.

But actually, that's not even the right comparison, because with my plan she keeps the Compton house.

Appraisal - Yes, the current rule is that on your SUBJECT property, you need to have an executed lease with 2 months of payments...OR....a lease with a 1007 "rent comparison" report on your appraisal. 

I have not used anyone else so I do not know if they are good or bad in comparison to other companies.

Hence the need to speak about this - I know very well why my family moved to the US and have a pretty good comparison of life and opportunities in the US vs other countries and political ideology has a lot to do with what kind of life a countries citizens and their children will have. 

Over the last 12 months, market absorption totaled negative 1.3 million square feet; by comparison, the average annual absorption rate recorded since the beginning of Q2 2014 is 598,200 square feet.

That's such a wild comparison, I struggle to believe you think it is correct either. 

I began to do some comparison.

The 2023 tax hikes will seem small in comparison to what is coming in 2025.

Sales comparison can be a good sanity check to make sure that the price per pad/site is within market norms.